This
program will serve a twofold purpose, first in
offering libraries and their patrons even more
ebook content for
lending programs, and second in terms of helping indie authors in the process of getting their books discovered by a larger public audience.
According to an article by Michael Kelley of The Digital Shift, Amazon launched its
lending program in early November with only 5,000 titles — paltry compared to a public library's
offering of titles through OverDrive, such as the Columbus Public Library's
offering of over 17,000
ebooks — but that number quickly grew to over 66,000 by the following month.
The Massachusetts State
Ebook Project (MA EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may o
Ebook Project (MA EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may o
Ebook Project (MA
EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may o
EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot program, offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial ebook lending programs may o
EBook Project), conceived by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner's (MBLC) Statewide Resource Sharing Committee and the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), this summer concluded a pilot
program,
offering many insights into the challenges and promises that statewide consortial
ebook lending programs may o
ebook lending programs may o
ebook lending programs may
offer.